MySpace, ByeSpace? — Some Users Renounce Social Sites as Too Big — Social-networking Web sites like MySpace.com and Facebook.com have helped link millions of friends. But now they have a new enemy: 20-year-old Jenny Thompson. — After Ms. Thompson created a MySpace page two years ago …

Surveillance system spots violent behaviour — Smart surveillance systems capable of automatically detecting violent crimes could soon be available. — A computer vision system developed in the University of Texas in Austin, US, can already tell the difference between friendly behaviour …

Update on TechCrunch NY Event: Wait List Opened — The 450 slots we opened up for the TechCrunch New York party on November 16, 2006 were sold out in about four hours. We know a certain number of people won't show up, so we are now opening up a wait list for additional guests.

Ray Ozzie's view of the Web Office — Prior to the Thirty Years of Public Key Cryptography event at the Computer History Museum, I caught up with Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie. Of course, I asked him what his thinking was on delivering a full-blown Web office suite to compete …

PC maker fumes at Vista price hike — Leading PC manufacturer Acer has accused Microsoft of ratcheting up the cost of Windows by effectively forcing consumers to opt for the Premium version of Vista. — Acer claims that the Vista Home Basic - the new entry-level Windows - is so poorly featured that consumers will simply reject it.

Amazon S3 For The Win — Sometimes the most trivial part of your Second Life experience, when magnified ten thousand times, becomes not such a trivial thing after all. — Case in point: The client you download may just seem like a 5-minute nuisance to you.

YouTube.com & Video Spam — This MediaPost piece discusses a Wendy's "campaign" on YouTube — commercials that "masqueraded" as videos on the site. There was considerable exposure apparently, with some users responding positively and others critical of the spots.

San Francisco Wi-Fi router giveaway — If you're a San Francisco resident, you're probably still wondering when your city-wide Wi-Fi courtesy of Google and EarthLink becomes a reality. The short answer: stay tuned; community meetings and negotiations are still ongoing.

Trumba: Interconnnecting Online Events and Calendars — Last week I spoke to Jeremy Jaech, CEO and president of Trumba, whose team is building an innovative online event calendaring system aimed at enterprises. Jeremy Jaech was also the founder of both Visio and PageMaker …

Flaky? — From Michael Arrington's post on Digg acquisition rumors: … Michael is one of the best bloggers ever and I read Techcrunch every day. But I think he got this one wrong. Comscore is not "flaky". They are a third party measurement service. They don't always get everything right.